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Has anyone used the Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00 160GB notebook drive? I wonder if it is preferred over the Seagate equivalent.

Apparently the maximum capacity for 3.5" drives is still 500GB and 2.5" drives are 160GB. Are any larger units expected to be available in the next four months?

The @%^&* cable company has forced the dreaded digital boxes in the area now and the audio dynamic range is extreme and inconsistent. Are there any compact and inexpensive line level stereo audio compressors available? (In the 1970s we used dbx 117, 118, 119, etc. boxes for such needs.) I...

It is very strange that the topic reply response times are inconsistent for me. For example, one response posted a minute or two prior to another response (different thread) was received >30 minutes later, whereas the later reponse was received within seconds. Is this a forum issue or is my...

Are there any little "seashells" for 2.5" hard drives? I need some decent protection that is not bulky and allows the drives to be accessible. Thanks.

http://www.seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/newsroom/releases/article/0,1121,2973,00.html Maybe they could put one in a CF card. I like this part. Very professional press release; don't you think? :roll:

I was asked to upgrade the RAM in a fairly recent notebook. According to the Sandra, it has one Honda Electronics 512MB DDR2(PC3200-2) 3.0-3-3-8 module. can

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Will I have any probelms or loss of image quality using a Maxtor P650 with a modern high-end 1600x1200 digital LCD display? I hate to buy a newer video card since the board is AGP and I will completely rebuild the computer early next year and need a new card. Of course I don't play any 3D...

Follish question of the dfay: Are Dell notebooks as bad as their desktops?

It is time to build another machine. I am so confused about all the newer CPUs and chipsets (AMD vs. Intel), but what can I get that will provide ~50% improvement in speed over an ~2-year old P4 Northwood 3.4/i875/4GB PC3200 setup? Primary killers are 1Ds MK II RAW file conversions and various...

Canon EOS 1Ds, Extra Battery, Kirk A-S Plate, RRS L Bracket and 2GB of CF Cards: $4,000 This USA EOS 1Ds is in Ex+ condition; there are a few light marks on the body, but no dents or other damage. The sensor has just been cleaned by Canon USA and the camera was also checked for proper...

I recently purchased a Toshiba RD-XS34. Is it possible to replace the hard drive with a larger IDE drive, or is there some funky firmware or hardware that would prevent it? (The device has a 160GB drive so LBA limits are not an issue.) Thanks.

I know that Symantec purchased PowerQuest a couple of years ago and read that the current Ghost is a rehash of the dreaded Drive Image 7 (I have) with its Windows PE BS recovery. Which is the last version of Ghost that runs from removable media such as flash? Thanks.

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I am curious what is typical these days for the average (non-sales) employee meeting expectations in a business unit that is turning a decent profit. Lately it seems that bonuses here for middle and senior management have increased a few percent, but merit increases have dropped a little.

Are they dead or what? I keep getting strange error messages from the server.

I will be ordering another printer soon, but there is insufficient space near the computer and no easy way to run wires. Therefore I want to use a wireless printer setup, but do not know which one. I just want something simple that plugs into a USB port on the computer and then has a receiver...

The Atlas 15K II is supposedly available, but I can't find a 36GB 68-pin one at any reputable store. My 15K.3 is messed up and it would be a good time to upgrade. Any ideas? TIA.

Are there any utility applications that allow efficient copying from one drive to any two target drives simultaneously? Of course two concurrent Windows copying operations from one source drive are uselessly slow. Thanks.

I just returned from Africa after 2 weeks, shooting only 5047 frames. The slow conversion speed is killing me, about 27 hours for straight 24-bit 16.6 megapixel images. Ugh! I hope the computer does not explode, after 18 hours the CPU is up to 56° C. Why does RAW file conversion have to be so...

Who makes this US Logic drive? Thanks.

Suddenly I am getting tons of spam all day, maybe 75/hour. All of them are about mail delivery failures. My mailbox will be full when I return from work tomorrow if this keeps up. Is something special happening today? Usually I get about 30 spams/day on that address.

In order to speed the download process I sometimes use two CF card readers simultaneously. However, the notebook has only two ports, so I would lose the mouse. A USB hub could be used, but that means more stuff to carry around and set up. Are there any card readers with two independent CF slots?

After 3 weeks the replacement 200GB 250GXP arrived on 12/14 during my vacation. Now the question is whether it is a new drive or a refurbished drive. The antistatic bag is sealed and completely opaque. The label on the bag reads Made in Thailand by Hitachi... and the date is NOV-04. If it a...

Sorry if this sounds like a silly SR thread, but between Fujitsu and Toshiba which would you choose for a 4200 RPM 100GB 2.5" drive? I need a couple of drives to upgrade two external storage devices. (Performance is not an issue and 4200 RPM is better for battery life and cost.) Is there any...

Why is the XP Windows Explorer so slow when jpg files are present. Whenever I view a folder (detail view) containing jpg files, the icon preceding the file name appears one at a time. It appears that Windows is viewing or opening the files behind the scenes, draining resources and making the...

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Same sh*t different day? I bought a 300GB drive for testing and it seems to be the same mediocre drive as the 7200.7, but with three platters. The 7200.8 continues the tradition of ridiculous Barracuda access times. 8.0 msec seek, yeah right!

Usyually Q4 is the time to upgrade the main system, but this year I don't know what to do. I have an old system, P4 3.2@3.4, 4GB PC 3200, 15k.3 boot drive, whole bunch of IDE storage, etc. Of course I could use a performance boost, but it seems that the speed gains are diminishing in the last...

The SR review of the 15K.4 is up and it is disappointing. The MAU crushes it in the workstation tests, but the server benchmarks for both the new Seagate and Fujitsu 15K drives are worse than their predecessors. I have been witing forever (well, 24 months) for a new drive and this is not good...

I have a PS/2 KVM switch that connects two systems. My old PS/2 mouse was dying, so I replaced it with a USB mouse and PS/2 adapter. However, the mouse is not recognized. Is this typical behaviour for a USB mouse and adapter on a KVM switch? Thanks.

What is the story with SR post dates? The month is Oktober. Is it just me?

I see many of the 12x and 16x DVD writers for sale, but the blank media is only 8x. When will the faster media be available for general consumptions? I don;t want to suffer the extra expaneso of a 16x burner which will not be used at full speed until is it nearly obsolete.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20041001024743.html It looks like everyone is moving to longer warranties. Naturally I have over 4TB of drives with the measly 1 year warranty. Many of my drives are expired or expiring very soon. :(

My hard drives are enarly full and only one drive letters remains. I was planning to buy one o the 7K400 models as a stopgap measure, but they are not widely avaialble and rahter pricey. When will the 400MB Seagato drive be available? Are there otehr 400GB drives planned soon?

Hi all. I'm looking for the most compact and lightweight notebook Pentium M around 1.6 MHz with an internal DVD±RW and ~ 12" display. It needs to support 1GB RAM and use standard, easily interchanged 2.5" notebook drives. All I seem to find are the too large thin and light machines or the...

Anyone notice the Atlas 10K V in the SR database? I think the next-gen 15K drives will be very interesting. :)

Every time I connect to the internet something unknown starts downloading. This is a new XPP installation and I turned off and disabled the Windows automatic update. I ran the SpyBoat SD and turned on the windows firewall. What is going on and what can be done to stop it? Thanks,

Where can one buy those white foam sleeves that protect hard drives during shipping? I received a couple of them when ordering drives from zizpzoomfly/googlegear and could use more for storage/shipping. Thanks.

I could not reach the forum last night. Did something die?

There do not seem to be any 5400 rpm drives being introduced. After the Maxiline III replaces the II, would it be reasonable to assume that it is the end of 5400?

I have seven internal hard drives as well as one internal removable bay and one external removable bay to fit another nine drive trays. With the amount of data I have, shuffling files and drives around it getting ridiculous, so I am considering a 4-drive external 1394b case. Initially, it...

One of my Maxtoror drives died and I sent it in for warranty replacement. There was no time to wait so I purchased another drive. (I would have written off the experience as not being worth the hassle, but a 250GB/8MB cache drive is of some value.) How will the replacement drive be packaged...

Is there any way in Windows 2000 or XP to reconnect an external drive that has been unplugged/ejected in the systray? It is not feasible to unplug and replug a Firewire/USB cable or cycle the power supply of the external drive. Thanks.

I am looking for DVD data changers that hold 200-400 discs and connect via USB 2 or Firewire. I know there are some inexpensive DVD changers for video. The few DVD data changers found through searches were too expensive for home use. Am I overlooking something, or is there just no market for...

Over the past few weeks one of the hard drives in my PC has been spontaneously spinning down and then quickly restarting. I think it is the Cheetah 15k.3 (C: drive) because the BSOD is immediate but there are three other hard drives too. I switched around the molex plugs from the PSU in case...

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I have the IDE drive in an external FireWire/USB 2 enclosure. The drive spins down about every 10 minutes if not accessed. When accessed, the computer hesitates until the drive spins up again. Yeah, the behaviour is normal, but is there something that can be done? Maybe some simple ap that...

Has SR finally passed on? Is it just another MFB situation?